Residents of age 12 years and over
[Question 34 and 35 are asked of resident persons age 12+.]
35. Type of marriage
[] 1 Legal marriage (ml)
[] 2 Customary marriage (mc)
[] 3 Religious marriage (mr)
[] 4 Legal and customary marriage (mlc)
[] 5 Legal and religious marriage (mlr)
[] 6 Religious and customary marriage (mrc)
[] 7 Legal, customary, and religious marriage (mlrc)
[] 8 None (nean)
Question 35 Type of marriage
The type of marriage concerns the formalization of the current union or unions with the civil registry, at a church or mosque, and according to customary rites. Thus an individual (a man in a monogamous union or a woman in a monogamous union or a polygamous union), may have one or another type of marriage, or two or all three at once. Therefore, a man in a polygamous union can contract one or more types of marriage with one or more of his wives. What matters is the type of marriage contracted by the individual to whom the questions are addressed, in regard to the current union or unions (man) or past union or unions (for people who are divorced or widowed).
How to conduct the interview on the type of marriage?
For all residents 12 years of age or older.
1- For people who are single or cohabitating, circle code 8 = None.
2 - For any person (a man in a monogamous union or a woman in a monogamous union or a polygamous union), ask the questions:
"Was your marriage formalized at the town hall or in the sub-prefecture by an officer of the civil registry?" "Was your marriage celebrated according to custom?" "Was your marriage performed in church by a priest or pastor? or at the mosque by an imam?"
You'll need to get the answers to all three questions before you select the code that matches the answers. Only one code must be selected.
[] 1 ML: (legal) civil marriage only
[] 2 MC: customary marriage only
[] 3 MR: religious marriage only
[] 4 MLC: (legal) civil marriage and customary marriage
[] 5 MLR: (legal) civil marriage and religious marriage
[] 6 MCT: customary marriage and religious marriage
[] 7 MLCR: (legal) civil marriage, customary marriage, and religious marriage
[] 8 None
3 - Ask any man in a polygamous union: "Have you had a marriage performed at the town hall or the sub-prefecture by an officer of the civil registry with one of your current wives?" "Have you had a marriage performed according to custom with one of your current wives?" "Have you had a wedding performed at a church by a priest or pastor with one of your current wives? or at a mosque by an imam?" You'll need to get the answers to all three questions before you select the code that matches the answers. Only one code must be circled. (See codes above)
4 - Ask any divorced or widowed person: "Was your last marriage performed in a church or mosque?" "Was your last marriage performed at the town hall or in the sub-prefecture by an officer of the civil registry?" "Was your last marriage celebrated according to custom?" You'll need to get the answers to all three questions before you select the code that matches the answers. Only one code must be circled (See codes above)